Outright Picks - LPGA Tour
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SBC Open
FINAL RESULT: 1-2; +0.94pts
Park 27th
Wie 2nd
Koch 8th
Good to earn a profit on the first regular Tour event of the season. Wie
always had to much to do to catch Rosales so a runners-up spot was a
good return and could have been even better if only Koch had birdied the
par-5 last hole as she had done in the previous rounds. She didn't and
she finished one shot out of the places at good odds.
Outright plays (total stake per play: 1.5pts)
Grace Park to win 8/1 @
William Hill
The first event of the year for virtually all of this field and a new
course does not generally augur well for the favourite, but Park does
have the advantage of local knowledge over her rivals as played junior
golf on Oahu as a teenager. And with three top-15 finishes in four
starts in Hawaii, she deserves the short price. Rather too many
runners-up finishes is a worry, but with Sorenstam absent, this looks a
very good opportunity to start the year on a high.
Michelle Wie to win 25/1 e.w. @
GolfingGods
Another with a distinct local advantage. Wie may not know the Arnold
Palmer-designed course as well as Waialae, but she has played this
course a few times before this week and has been practising hard for
this event. The wrist injury that caused her to pull out of the Hawaii
Pearl Open three weeks ago has now completely healed and it is hard to
imagine that she will be available at such high odds in a field without
Sorenstam once the season gets underway.
Carin Koch to win 80/1 e.w. @
BetInternet
A 6th place finish in her last event in Hawaii and a spate of top-10
finishes at the end of last year are good omens for Koch this week.
While the Swedish team did disappoint in the World Cup two weeks ago,
this is a very different event and if she can show any of her previous
form, these will look very long odds. |
